AMCC Combines Low Power and Exceptional Jitter Performance With the Industry's First .18-Micron CMOS OC-48 Transceiver.Business Editors NOTE TO MEDIA: Photos are available in a Smart News Release(TM) on Business Wire's Home Page at www.businesswire.com SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 6, 2000 Differential Interface Uniquely Positions The S3055 For High-Volume Adoption in The OC-48 Market Applied Micro Circuits Corp. (AMCC AMCC Applied Micro Circuits Corporation AMCC Air Mobility Control Center AMCC Ashore Mobile Contingency Communications AMCC Advanced Materials Commercialization Center AMCC allied movement coordination center (US DoD) ) (Nasdaq:AMCC), the leader in high-bandwidth silicon connectivity solutions for the world's optical networks, today announced the S3055, the industry's first 16-bit differential LVPECL LVPECL Low Voltage Positive Emitter Coupled Logic OC-48 transceiver with Clock and Data Recovery (CDR (1) See CD-R and extension. (2) (Call Detail Reporting) See call accounting. (3) (Common Data Rate) A standard sampling rate for digital video for 480i and 576i systems. The rate is 13.5 MHz. See ITU-R BT. ). Manufactured in .18-micron CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) Pronounced "c-moss." The most widely used integrated circuit design. It is found in almost every electronic product from handheld devices to mainframes. technology, the S3055 exceeds Bellcore and ITU-T See ITU. ITU-T - International Telecommunications Union specifications with jitter generation of 5mUI rms, providing outstanding design margin for SONET applications. With a 16-bit differential LVPECL interface and low power of less than 1 watt, the fully integrated serialization/deserialization and CDR device was designed from its inception to work seamlessly with AMCC's industry-leading framers including Missouri, Amazon, Rhine and Indus. The S3055 is ideal for use in SONET/SDH/ATM-based transmission systems and Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing See WDM. (DWDM (Dense WDM) The term given to wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) when significantly more channels were being added. Since WDM is increasingly more "dense" all the time, both terms are used synonymously. See WDM. DWDM - wavelength division multiplexing ) equipment. "AMCC's ability to achieve the industry's best combination of low power and jitter in our first OC-48 CMOS transceiver is a testimonial to our in-depth understanding of the relationship between design and silicon technology," said Brent Little, vice president of marketing for AMCC. "Other suppliers have struggled to obtain SONET compliance, let alone exceed its requirements by a wide margin. We are prepared to ramp quickly into very large volumes." Utilizing dual 1.8/3.3V supplies, the device offers an industry standard differential LVPECL interface and low power. It provides diagnostic loopback (transmitter to receiver) and line timing (receiver to transmitter) modes, which are capable of remaining simultaneously active. The S3055 also incorporates an internal FIFO (First In First Out) A storage method that retrieves the item stored for the longest time. Contrast with LIFO. See traffic engineering methods. FIFO - first-in first-out (First In, First Out) to decouple transmit clocks and an on-chip high frequency phase-locked loop (PLL PLL - phase-locked loop ) for clock generation. The PLL on-chip clock synthesis function enables the utilization of a slower external transmit clock reference. The reference clock features a frequency of 155.52 MHz, in support of existing clock schemes. The device performs all necessary serial-to-parallel and parallel-to-serial conversions and supports interface to LVPECL and LVTTL LVTTL Low Voltage Transistor Transistor Logic (AMCC) LVTTL Low Voltage Transistor to Transistor Logic logic. "The strategic decision to utilize .18-micron CMOS for this robust transceiver results in a phenomenal jitter generation budget and incomparable design margin for SONET-based applications," said Ken Prentiss, AMCC's director of marketing for telecom products. "By greatly simplifying the transceiver-to-framer interface and reducing design cycle time, we've paved the way for the major adoption of the S3055 by the high-volume OC-48 market." Pricing and Availability The S3055 is currently sampling with production release scheduled for next quarter. The device, packaged in a 324-pin PBGA PBGA Plastic Ball Grid Array , is priced at $89 in quantities of 50,000. About AMCC AMCC designs, develops, manufactures and markets high-performance, high-bandwidth silicon solutions for the world's optical networks. The company utilizes a combination of high-frequency, mixed-signal design expertise and multiple silicon process technologies to offer IC products for the telecommunications market that address the SONET/SDH and ATM transmission standards and for the data communications markets that address the Gigabit Ethernet, ATM and Fibre Channel transmission standards. AMCC's core technologies also address ATE and high-speed computing needs. AMCC's corporate headquarters and wafer fabrication facilities are located in San Diego. Sales and consulting engineering offices are located throughout the world. For further information regarding AMCC and its products, write: Marketing Communication Department, AMCC, 6290 Sequence Drive, San Diego, California “San Diego” redirects here. For other uses, see San Diego (disambiguation). San Diego is a coastal Southern California city located in the southwestern corner of the continental United States. As of 2006, the city has a population of 1,256,951. 92121-4358; or call 800/755-AMCC (800/755-2622) or 858/450-9333; or fax 858/450-9885; or email nwpr@amcc.com; or visit our Web site at http://www.amcc.com. Forward Looking Statements: Except for historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this news release are forward-looking statements that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, "The Factors That May Affect Future Results" detailed in the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2000, and the company's other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Actual results could differ materially, as a result of such factors, from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. Product photos, datasheets and application notes are available upon request. AMCC is a registered trademark of Applied Micro Circuits Corp. 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